2 Laboratory Technician Job Placements – USAID RHITES-N Project
Job Title: Laboratory Technicians (2 Job Placements)
Organization: USAID funded Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services – North, Lango Project (RHITES-N, Lango)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Senior Laboratory Technologist
About US:
The Regional Health integration to Enhance Services (RHITES)-North, Lango project is a Five-year contract funded by USAID and implemented by a Team of partners with JSI as the prime. The JSI team includes, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, AMREF Health Africa, Another Option, and The Medical Concierge Group (TMCG). RHITES-N, Lango is aimed at improving the use of integrated health services in the Lango Sub-region of Northern Uganda’s, strengthening the health system to sustain gains made by earlier projects, improving key population-based national health indicators and building the capacity of the district local government to carry out a sustainable and locally-driven response to the HIV epidemic, while also improving TB, Malaria, Nutrition, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent health (MNCAH), and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) outcomes through strengthening of existing structures and processes, improving access to and strategic use of health and nutrition information, strengthening community-health facility systems and expanding innovation through integrated health and nutrition services.
Job Summary: The Laboratory Technician will conduct generalized laboratory investigations for disease diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Liaising with Ward management in the preparation of patients for Laboratory test.
- Participating in collection, handling and transportation of specimens to the
- Laboratory.
- Analyzing and interpreting laboratory test results and submitting reports.
- Requisitioning and accounting for laboratory materials and sundries.
- Maintaining an inventory of the laboratory equipment and ensuring their functionality
- Enforcing safety and quality control measures in the laboratory.
- Participating in primary health care and research activities.
- Compiling, analyzing and preparing performance reports for submission to relevant authorities.
- Laboratory test results and treatment harmonized.
- Laboratory investigations done and results interpreted.
- Clinical staff advised on proper collection, handling and transportation of specimen.
- Quality assurance measures in the Laboratory enforced.
- Laboratory data compiled, analyzed and performance reports prepared and submitted.
- Laboratory materials and sundries requisitioned and accounted for.
- Primary health care and research activities supported.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicant must hold relevant qualifications
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their applications and CV addressed to the Secretary, District Service Commission, Apac District Local Government, P.O. Box 1, Apac, Uganda or have it hand delivered
Deadline: 19th July 2019
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